Kiwi, Lyotard

Well, one thing for sure is that, Rog was not kidding when he said the reading was going to be tough. I had a really hard time understanding what was going on in the reading. However I thought I was able to grasp bites and pieces here and there and make sense out of certain things. One thing I was able to reflect on was from a quote that was said by Lypotard, “the effects of reality, or if one prefers, the fantasies of realism, multiply” (pg41) . This reminded me of a time in high school when several students were getting suspended because of photos they had on facebook. For instance students were getting in trouble if they were holding red cups in their hands, making goofy faces (like they were being crazy and at a party)… the principle made the assumptions of these students drinking and or being drunk. Lots of students fought for this making a point that unless the principle was there at the scene he has no right to make these assumptions (fantasies) therefore has no right in suspending them.
This just comes to show how photos can be viewed and interpreted in multiple ways and how people can make fantasies out of them.
I strongly believe that people need to be more cautious and aware of the pictures they put up of themselves because they never know what assumptions or fantasies people are going to make out of them.
The reading also discussed how the cinema and photography are the newer, faster and more improved form of mass media and soon could be completely replacing novels and paintings. There is no doubt in my mind that 20 years from now this could certainly be true. Just the other day my boyfriend was telling me how he wanted a kindle for his birthday. It’s an electronic device that you carry around with you and it downloads books on to it. This is just one example of how are novels are already starting to be replaced with higher technology.